"The insomniac's brain is a choo-choo train."
— Simic, Charles (b. 1938)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Orlando
Publisher
Harcourt
Date
1999
Metaphor
"The insomniac's brain is a choo-choo train."
Metaphor in Context
Please cut the cards again with eyes closed.
A hundred horror films are crammed in my head.
A baby, you say, smuggled inside a watermelon.
Madame Zaza, come to think, stays open late.
Hangman's convention: ropemaker's workshop.
Do you have fears you'l be crushed by an ant?
In Charon's ferryboat I aim to give ladies my seat.
It's just the way I've been brought up.
Mr. Salesman, would these shoes look good in my coffin?
The masked intruder with a dollhouse knife was her!
Next time, I'll try going beddie-bye in a saddle.
Naked truth, you've got to see the boobs on her!
In my youth boys used to light farts in the dark.
The insomniac's brain is a choo-choo train.
(p. 75)
A hundred horror films are crammed in my head.
A baby, you say, smuggled inside a watermelon.
Madame Zaza, come to think, stays open late.
Hangman's convention: ropemaker's workshop.
Do you have fears you'l be crushed by an ant?
In Charon's ferryboat I aim to give ladies my seat.
It's just the way I've been brought up.
Mr. Salesman, would these shoes look good in my coffin?
The masked intruder with a dollhouse knife was her!
Next time, I'll try going beddie-bye in a saddle.
Naked truth, you've got to see the boobs on her!
In my youth boys used to light farts in the dark.
The insomniac's brain is a choo-choo train.
(p. 75)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Simic, Charles. "Talking to the Ceiling." Jackstraws. Orlando: Harcourt, 1999. pp. 74-81.
Date of Entry
05/27/2009
